Commissioned and directed
by Alan Dosser for Liverpool's Everyman Theatre where it opened
in May 1974. The production transferred to the Lyric Theatre,
Shaftesbury Avenue, London in August. The soundtrack with the
London cast was released on album.

The show was a major box office
success for the Everyman Theatre. Nearly fifteen thousand people
attended during it's eight week run. A record at the time. At
the Lyric Theatre, it ran for a year and won both the Evening
Standard and London Critics' awards for BEST NEW MUSICAL of
1974.

THE CAST:

Bert - George
Costigan

John Lennon
- Bernard Hill

Paul McCartney
- Trevor Eve

George Harrison
- Philip Joseph

Ringo Starr
- Anthony Sher

Brian Epstein
- Robin Hooper

Porter, Hitler
& others - Nick Stringer

Teddy Boy
& others -Barry Woolgar

Teddy Boy
& others -Dick Haydon

Teddy Boy
& others -Ian Jentle

Tiny Tina
-Luan Peters

Titular1 &
others -Elizabeth Estensen

Titular2 &
others - Linda Beckett

Titular3 &
others -Valerie Lilley

THE PERFORMERS:

SINGER & PIANISTBarbara Dickson

MUSICIANS

Robert
Ash

Terry Canning

One of Barbara's most
vivid memories is auditioning for Willy Russell's Beatles musical
'John Paul George Ringo...& Bert'

"Alan Dossor, the Everyman
director, was very sceptical about a folk singer doing Beatles
numbers," she explained. "But Willy didn't want four
blokes because there would be direct comparisons, so they got
the piano from the bistro downstairs and put it on stage on a
truck. It was so high, I had to sit on a bar stool to play it.
I was nervous but the company were a fantastic support. They
even came to see me do a gig at a club in Rock Ferry."

(Liverpool Echo)

MUSIC:

1. I Should
Have Known Better

2. Your Mother
Should Know

3. Ooee Boppa
(W. Russell)

4. With A
Little Help From My Friends

5. Penny Lane

6. In The
Bleak Midwinter (Holst, Rosetti)

7. Here Comes
The Sun (Harrison)

8. Long And
Winding Road

9. Clap and
Cheer

10. Help

11. Lucy In
The Sky

12. You Never
Give Me Money/Carry That Weight

13. We Can
Work It Out

14. I Will
Be Your Love (W. Russell)

15. A Day
In The Life

All other
compositions by Lennon & McCartney

THE ALBUM:

The album,
released on RSO in 1974, featured Dave Mattacks, Kevin Peak,
Pete Zorn, Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty.

The cover was
designed by Antony Sher.

AWARDS:

It ran for a year
and won both the Evening Standard and London Critics' awards
for

BEST NEW
MUSICAL of 1974.

Two major
tours followed the West End run.

The
Lyric Theatre, London

CREATIVE VENUE:

Commissioned
and directed by Alan Dosser for Liverpool's Everyman Theatre.
The Liverpool Everyman was such creative powerhouse in the 1970s.

"Even
at the time and without the benefit of hindsight one knew just
what an extraordinary company of actors Alan Dossor had assembled.
As well as Bernard Hill and Tony Sher there was Johnathan Price,
Alison Steadman, George Costigan, Trevor Eve, Liz Estensen, Philip
Joseph, Matthew Kelly, Pete Postlethwaite, Julie Walters, Bill
Nighy ..... awesome really."